Anyone else’s child losing their one nap yet?

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I’m starting to think my 20month old is over his nap. His schedule use to be 7:00-7:00 with a 2-2.5hr nap during the day. Now, he has started going to sleep so late, like 9-9:30 so then he’ll sleep in late, but I try to wake him at 8am - so at that wake time then he isn’t tired for his nap until the afternoon 1-3pm, which in turn then keeps him up late. So I’m thinking I either need to wake him up at 7am or just skip his daily nap. I will say that we recently took away his pacifier about 2 weeks ago and this seems to have started when we did that. Any thoughts ?

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Seems a little early to lose one nap. Might adjust so they are awake between 5-6 hours in each time frame. 
But also, I know my kiddo is going through a growth spurt and their sleep has been a little off. But generally in crib by 8 and they fall asleep between 8-9 then wake between 7-8 and still nap between 1-3. My rule of thumb for them to get at least 1.5 hrs of nap sleep.

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I thought we were the only ones! My 20 month old is also losing her 1 nap and I'm not readyyy for my 2 hour break to go away😢!!! I live for that nap time lol...

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My daughter’s schedule looks basically EXACTLY the same! We wake her by 7:30am (sometimes she wakes on her own a bit earlier). She fights her nap but is typically asleep by 1:15pm now. I wake her again at 3pm and don’t put her down for the night until 8:30pm most nights and she still takes a good 20 mins after that to fall asleep. 
I hope I’m wrong (because I really need the mid-day break 😩) but I have a feeling by the time she’s 2 she won’t have nap anymore, or it will just be a little 45 min snooze…

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Never drop a nap this early unless it's 2 consistent weeks of trouble.
But most of the time, it's just a schedule that needs tweaking. 
Start with a consistent wake up time that you don't let them go past. Nap should be 5.5-6hrs later. Bedtime 5-5.5hrs after their nap. 
My 20mo wakes up anywhere between 6:30-7:30. Typically around 7. We never get out of her crib before 7 and never let her sleep past 7:30. Nap is around 1pm, for 2-2.5hrs usually. On the rare occasion that she naps for less, unless she's super pissed, I leave her til 3. But I make sure to get her up by 3:30 or she takes longer to fall asleep at night. Bedtime is around 8pm. The more consistency you have with nap/bedtimes and nap/bedtime routines, the better they do.

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Mine has days 😂 sometimes he wants a nap other days he’s just not into it. So when he wants it I let him nap and if not we just go with it. But his bedtime has always been 9:30 cos of me and my partner’s work times etc so he only leaves nursery at 6.

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Yikes, I’m not ready.  My daughter (20months) has never done two naps just one long one.  I let her wake up on her own.  It’s normally between 6:30 and 7.  By 11:30 I put her down for a nap and she wakes up around 3:45-4.  She goes to bed around 8:30.  She’s slept all night since she was 3 months and never (knock on wood) gets up in the middle of the night!

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Okay I’m so glad to hear this. I’m sure you’re thinking the same - hoping they still nap by the time November babes came! Haha I live for his daily nap and so not ready. I’m usually up 7am myself so maybe I’ll start waking him then and see if I can get him down for his nap earlier. I’m starting to thinking me waking him 3pm is even too late in the day now! Thanks 😊

Anyone else’s child losing their one nap yet?

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